Only when I’m slow roasting something that take hours. I got a bluetooth meat thermometer as a gift a little while back and it’s really convenient. There’s an app that goes with it. I just set what type of meat it is and insert the thermometer and let it cook. The app tells me when the food is ready.

But that’s only for large pieces of meat that take a long time. For anything on the stovetop or grill, or any smaller pieces of meat in the over/airfryer I just do it by feel. I’ve been cooking long enough that I can tell when a piece of meat is ready just by pushing on it to feel the firmness. And I have a pretty intuitive sense for how long something takes to cook.

Absolutely, and not just for meats. Anything that has a temperature requirement for best cooking method.

An instant-read thermometer is a game changer to make sure fish, meat, and anything else that needs it is properly cooked, and just as importantly, not over-cooked.

That’s what I call it when my SO gives me a BJ when she has a fever.

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Didn’t in the past, then got a digital one with a magnet so it sticks to the fridge and has safe temps for different meats on the back. Now I use it all the time

I am a bit late to the party. Yes, I have a meat thermometer. No, I do not use it for meat, poultry or other animal matter. I do not cook meat that often and when I do, I usually know how to properly cook it without using a thermometer from experience. It’s not that difficult unless you roast entire birds or anything.

I occasionally use it for measuring temperatures when brewing beer. I have a digital thermometer with a wide range (-40C to +200C-ish) and use it to check the temperature of the wort when pitching the yeast.

Is that a euphemism?!

I use mans natural thermometer. It has never failed me. I am also to broke to afford a real one

Every time. Worth doing every time as well.

Don’t you?

Every time.

Mine has been upgraded to an oil thermometer, as meat consumption is not only highly immoral, but also self-destructive in the long run.

Yes. It will tell you what’s happening where your eyes cannot see.

Perpetually, when cooking meat.

If I’m grilling I do.

I also use one for the bathtub for my toddlers bath. Haha

Hell yeah I do and now my meat is always cooked to perfection!